Biology:Vexillum innotabile

Short description: Species of sea snail

Vexillum innotabile
Image of a shell of Vexillum innotabile (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. innotabile
Binomial name
Vexillum innotabile (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Synonyms
Mitra (Turricula) innotabilis E. A. Smith, 1890 (basionym) Turricula innotabilis E.A. Smith, 1890 Vexillum (Costellaria) innotabile (E. A. Smith, 1890) ·

Vexillum innotabile is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

The cancellation is coarse for so small a shell. The six convex whorls (the protoconch is large) have a slightly turreted appearance, being divided by a deep suture. The white liration is the third from the top of the whorls. The aperture is narrow and measures about half the length of the shell. The columella has three plaits. The outer lip is narrow.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Saint Helena

External links

• Smith, E. A. (1890). Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1890(2): 247-317, pls. 21-24
• WMSDB: image

Wikidata ☰ Q7924037 entry